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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for Hansford County, Ochiltree County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hansford County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Sw Waka, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
694
WUUS54 KAMA 082147
SVRAMA
TXC195-357-082245-
/O.NEW.KAMA.SV.W.0252.160808T2147Z-160808T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
447 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL OCHILTREE COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
CENTRAL HANSFORD COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 446 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
GRUVER...OR 8 MILES WEST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARMAN...GRUVER...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3607 10136 3611 10152 3623 10160 3649 10109
3627 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 249DEG 9KT 3624 10133
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WARD2 follow-up statements
469
WWUS54 KAMA 082216
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
516 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
TXC195-357-082245-
/O.CON.KAMA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160808T2245Z/
OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-
516 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL OCHILTREE AND EASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES...
AT 514 PM CDT...AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF WAKA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SPEARMAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN SPEARMAN AND WAKA AROUND 505 PM CDT.
IMPACT...MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARMAN...GRUVER...WAKA AND FARNSWORTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3608 10133 3628 10150 3638 10130 3648 10108
3627 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 277DEG 11KT 3619 10105
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WARD213
WWUS54 KAMA 082236
SVSAMA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
536 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
TXC195-357-082245-
/O.EXP.KAMA.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160808T2245Z/
OCHILTREE TX-HANSFORD TX-
536 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OCHILTREE AND
EASTERN HANSFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3608 10133 3628 10150 3638 10130 3648 10108
3627 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 249DEG 9KT 3619 10105
$$
WARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Oldham | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 22 min |
| Aug 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Lipscomb | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | AMA | Ochiltree | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 53 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.